Classical home listening - Bruch, Prokofiev and Schumann

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The Nash Ensemble are the ideal advocates for Bruch’s chamber music; and violist Timothy Ridout takes on an entire ballet and song cycle

• His Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor and the Scottish Fantasy aside, does Max Bruch deserve to be so sorely neglected? It may not be a question to lose sleep over, but let these five elite chamber musicians convert you to the cause. Bruch: String Quartet No 2, Romance, Op 85, Four Pieces, Op 70 and Piano Trio in C minor, Op 5 (Hyperion) is played by members of the Nash Ensemble: Stephanie Gonley and Jonathan Stone (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), Adrian Brendel (cello) and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano). It follows a Hyperion disc, also from the Nash, of his Octet and Quintets. You won’t find better advocates.